Parental Alienation proposal for DSM-V and ICD-11

[Waylon]

Parental Alienation proposal for DSM-V and ICD-11

A large group of mental health professionals, legal professionals, and
other individuals have submitted formal proposals to have the concept of
parental alienation included in the next editions of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) and the International
Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).  A formal proposal was submitted to
DSM-V personnel in August 2008.  A larger and more detailed formal proposal
was submitted to DSM-V and ICD-11 personnel in November 2009.  The authors
of the 2009 proposal represent eleven countries.  If you want to be involved
in this project place contact the ICD-11 and DSM-V persons above with your
experiences with parental alienation and include your opinion about the
inclusion of parental alienation in DSM-V.

A few days ago William Bernet, M.D., the lead author of the DSM-V proposal
for Parent Alienation Disorder sent hard copies of the proposal to the
leadership at DSM-V (Dr. Kupfer, Dr. Regier, and Dr. Pine) and also our
contact at ICD-11 (Dr. Reed).

The address for DSM-V person is:

David J. Kupfer, M.D.
Western Psychiatric Institute 3811 O’Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA   15213


The addresses for the ICD-11 person is:

Geoffrey M. Reed, Ph.D.
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MSD/MER)
World Health Organization
20, avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland


Dr. Bernet has been distributing this information to anyone who might be
interested in contacting DSM and ICD leaders or staff.   Now that we have
submitted the formal proposal to both DSM and ICD, it is the time to
encourage members of the general public to contact these individuals with
their stories and their petitions that parental alienation be included in
DSM and ICD.  This document is being forwarded to all people who might send
a letter to these doctors.

If each of us can influence only a few people, there will be hundreds of
letters sent to DSM and ICD.  It would be great to flood DSM and ICD with
information about this important topic, which makes it more likely they will
take this proposal seriously.

Robert A. Evans, Ph.D.